Gunnison Bylaws

• Basin Roundtable: Gunnison
• Title: By-laws for the Gunnison Basin Roundtable
• Date: 2/9/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: By-Laws

BYLAWS FOR THE GUNNISON BASIN ROUNDTABLE
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Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Roundtable may be called by or at the
request of the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson or any five Members of the Roundtable upon
not less than ten days' notice to the remaining Members. The person or persons authorized to
call special meetings of the Roundtable may fix any place, which must be within the Gunnison
Basin, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Roundtable called by them. The
notice of the meeting must be posted and distributed in such a manner so as to comply with
the Colorado Open Meetings Law.

Section 4. Telephonic Meetings. Members of the Roundtable may participate in meetings
of the Roundtable only by being present in person. Members of the Roundtable may participate
and be deemed present at committee meetings by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other at the same time.

Section 5. Open Meetings Law. The Roundtable shall be deemed to be a Local Public Body
for purposes of the Open Meetings Law. The Roundtable must give at least 24-hour notice of
any meeting, which is posted in a public place or places to be determined by the Roundtable.
A meeting agenda shall be published and posted with the notice. Subject to the availability of
funds for such purpose, the Roundtable shall publish notice of a meeting at least a week in
advance, in newspapers of general circulation in each County within the Basin. The Colorado
Department of Natural Resources shall bear the expense of all such publications.

Section 6. Minutes. The Recorder shall be responsible for keeping accurate minutes of all
Roundtable meetings. All minutes shall be subject to approval at the subsequent Roundtable
meeting. These minutes shall be stored at the Roundtable's principal office and made available
to the public upon request.

Section 7. Quorum. Two-thirds of the Members of the Roundtable shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of routine business at any meeting of the Roundtable, but if a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting or adjournment thereof, a majority of the Members
present may adjourn the meeting without further notice. The existence of a quorum shall not
alter the requirement of consensus based decision making by the Roundtable.

Section 8. Action by Consent of All Members. Any action required to be taken, or which
may be taken at a meeting of the Roundtable may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by 27 of the 32 Members. Such
written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the Roundtable. Such action by
written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as a Consensus of such
Members at a meeting of Members.

Section 9. Committees~ Sub-Roundtables~ or Other Mechanisms. The Roundtable shall
have the ability to establish committees, sub-roundtables or other mechanisms to facilitate
dialogue and resolution of issues and conflicts within the Roundtable area. These mechanisms
may be permanent or temporary, and may be established to negotiate compacts, examine

December 2, 2005